78 Strategies for Teaching Large Classes (University of Wisconsin) http//www.uww.edu/learn/largeclasses.php You can’t get any more succinct than this! The University of Wisconsin LEARN Center has compiled a list of 78 single sentence tips for teaching large classes organized by topic.
A Survival Handbook for Teaching Large Classes (University of North Carolina) http://teaching.uncc.edu/resources/best-practice-articles/large-classes/handbook-large-classes The University of North Carolina Center for Teaching & Learning has organized their large class resource page around a series of frequently asked question related to the challenges of teaching large classes, such as “how can I encourage attendance?” and “how can I use technology in a large class?”.
Large Class Resources (Penn State University) http://www.schreyerinstitute.psu.edu/Tools/Large/ A series of PDFs produced by the Schreyer Centre for Teaching Excellence on a range of topics related to frequently experienced challenges and active learning techniques for large classes.
Teaching At Its Best (3rd edition) by Linda Nilson
Available from the WLU Library in hardcopy and electronic form, the book is a "must have" guide for addressing issues, challenges, opportunities etc. associated with teaching, managing the course, assessment, lesson/course design, instructional strategies, classroom incivility and more.
Teaching Larger Classes Resources
*An Interesting Video on a Professor's Twitter Experience in a large class*
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6WPVWDkF7U8
78 Strategies for Teaching Large Classes (University of Wisconsin)
http//www.uww.edu/learn/largeclasses.php
You can’t get any more succinct than this! The University of Wisconsin LEARN Center has compiled a list of 78 single sentence tips for teaching large classes organized by topic.
A Survival Handbook for Teaching Large Classes (University of North Carolina)
http://teaching.uncc.edu/resources/best-practice-articles/large-classes/handbook-large-classes
The University of North Carolina Center for Teaching & Learning has organized their large class resource page around a series of frequently asked question related to the challenges of teaching large classes, such as “how can I encourage attendance?” and “how can I use technology in a large class?”.
Beating the Numbers Game: Effective Teaching in Large Classes (Richard Felder)
http://www4.ncsu.edu/unity/lockers/users/f/felder/public/Papers/Largeclasses.htm
Felder’s page is a short document full of rich ideas for encouraging interactivity and active learning in large classes.
Getting Students to Read: Fourteen Tips
http://www.theideacenter.org/sites/default/files/Idea_Paper_40.pdf
This tip sheet from the Idea Center provides some excellent ideas and strategies for encouraging students to do the assigned readings.
Large Classes: Limiting the Chaos (University of Waterloo)
http://www.cte.uwaterloo.ca/teaching_resources/tips/large_classes_limiting_the_chaos.html
This practical document provides useful tips for classroom management and maintaining civility in large classes.
Large Class Resources (Penn State University)
http://www.schreyerinstitute.psu.edu/Tools/Large/
A series of PDFs produced by the Schreyer Centre for Teaching Excellence on a range of topics related to frequently experienced challenges and active learning techniques for large classes.
List of Books about Teaching Larger Classes
Teaching At Its Best (3rd edition) by Linda Nilson
Available from the WLU Library in hardcopy and electronic form, the book is a "must have" guide for addressing issues, challenges, opportunities etc. associated with teaching, managing the course, assessment, lesson/course design, instructional strategies, classroom incivility and more.